Descent planning for a small jet typically involves a fixed-flight path angle (FPA) descent. The selected FPA, however, is unknown to the air traffic controllers and can be far from optimal. Prior work identified three strategies for selecting/defining a fuel-efficient and flyable FPA for ...
About a minute later, a pilot of Delta flight 838 arriving from San Diego reported a drone was flying too close to its left wing, though the drone never came into contact with the Boeing 737, according to the FAA. The plane was also over Nassau County at the time, about ...